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The starting point for the “political prisoner” status determination is a criminal case initiated in connection with protest activities and leading to imprisonment or restriction of liberty with the referral to a correctional facility.
Group I. 185 women political prisoners / in custody:
In temporary detention facilities, pre-trial detention centers, remand prisons, under house arrest as suspects or accused under criminal articles in connection with protests; women serving sentences in colonies, prisons & women sentenced to restriction of freedom with a referral to a correctional institution („khimiya“), to compulsory treatment in an psychiatric hospital:
Group II. Women subjected to politically motivated persecution
All of them are now or were under criminal circumstances in connection with protest activities. Their cases must be reviewed within the framework of the law and a fair trial, and in the future, these people must be rehabilitated.
A) Women who are not imprisoned, but their freedom is limited by another or unknown measure of punishment:
B) Women, who were prosecuted under criminal articles in connection with protest activities, and they were "conditionally released" (their lives are under the supervision of the regime) or escaped serving their sentences, but continue to be under political persecution:
*Source:
BWF joined this statement on 02.11.21
in Media:
27.01.22: Political Prisoners in Belarus - United States Department of State
05.01.22: Political prisoners in Belarus in 2021. Statistics (spring96.org)
30.12.20: Ситуация с правами человека в Беларуси. Декабрь 2020 (spring96.org)
Guidelines on Definition of Political Prisoner | Human Rights Center MEMORIAL (memohrc.org)
Как не запутаться в видах уголовного наказания (mediazona.by)
A guide to Belarusian prisons | openDemocracy